For the People or for Power? Wielding the ICC Gavel in a World of Power Politics
The ICC remains guilty of a ‘complacency of complementarity’, wherein the Court heralds the dispensing of distanced justice over respecting existing national processes.
Cold War Theories, War on Terror Practices
Old reference points no longer hold in an age marked by transnational security threats that do not align with traditional security frameworks.
Realism and Peaceful Change
Realism may sometimes bring ‘peace’, but it is always conditioned by power and serving the interests of some actors whilst going against the interests of others.
Review – Sectarianization: Mapping the New Politics of the Middle East
Hashemi and Postel dissect the links between sectarianism and power politics in the Middle East, making their study a must-read for students of the Arab revolutions.
Review – The New Power Politics: Networks and Transnational Security Governance
Through a balance of quantitative and qualitative methods this volume links formal network analysis with an innovative conception of power as a dynamic element.
Silencing a Supranational Court: The Rise and Fall of the SADC Tribunal
Why did South Africa, a progressive democratic state that claims respect for human rights and rule of law collude with the autocratic Zimbabwean government in stifling the SADC Tribunal?
Realist-Liberal Divide? Power & Progress in a World in Transition
Scholars and public commentators need to integrate the insights of the realist logic of struggle for domination and security, with the liberal logic of political development and change.
A Message from Moscow: Russian Power and the Conflict with Georgia
The ongoing conflict in the South Caucasus is far more than just another example of ethnic strife in the region, Russian aggression or the last stages of the unraveling of the Soviet Union. Wrapped up in this conflict are many of the major issues which have defined international politics in that part of the world for a decade and which will likely continue to define those politics for at least another decade.
